Once it was announced the 2014 G20 summit was to be held in Brisbane, myself, dad and a group of other enthusiasts from Adelaide got together and started to organise a trip. Since the G20 is a big event, planning and booking flights and accommodation started 12 months ago,
As well as our group there will be others from Sydney, Melbourne etc coming to Brisbane for the event. The main aim is to photograph as many of the visiting aircraft as possible. While some of the group are visiting the smaller airports over the weekend of November 15-16, some of us will stay around Brisbane airport for the whole time we are there.
Dad and I will be flying out to Thargomindah on November 16 for the day on a Dash8-100 operated by Skytrans. That flight will be detailed in a separate report.
Thursday November 13
Adelaide (ADL) - Brisbane (BNE)
QF662 737-838
VH-VXC
26A
http://www.aussieairliners.org/b-737/vh-vxc/vhvxc.htmlGot a friend to drop us off and we got to the airport with plenty of time to spare for our flight which leaves at 2 pm.
Thankfully the walk across the concrete desert between the drop of zone and terminal was not too bad today.
ADLTermimal by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Self check in worked this time, but half the machines were not working. Apart the usual take the laptop out of the bag game, security was painless as neither dad or I made anything beep.
ADLTermimal-2 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
ADLTermimal-3 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Made ourselves comfortable at gate 20 to wait.
Spent the time until departure photographing the various movements around the airport.
ADLTermimal-4 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Virginaustralia737-8FE-VH-VUV by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXQ by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Virginaustralia737-8FE-VH-VUV-2 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
AirnewzealandA320-232-ZK-OJG-2 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
TigerairA320-232-VH-VNC by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
AirnewzealandA320-232-ZK-OJG-3 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
AirnewzealandA320-232-ZK-OJG by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
CobhamRJ100-VH-NJH by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXQ-2 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
AirnewzealandA320-232-ZK-OJG-4 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Challenger604-VH-LEF by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
SingaporeA330-343-9V-STS by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
SingaporeA330-343-9V-STS-2 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXF by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
SingaporeA330-343-9V-STS-3 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXF-2 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXF-# by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-2 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VZO by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-3 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-4 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-5 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Boarding was called and was a orderly affair. Dad had booked the seats so I had the window and he had the aisle. We were hoping no one would sit in the middle seat. Although I guess the load to be 90% +, we were fortunate the middle seat remained empty.
ADLTermimal-5 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-6 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-7 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Legroom.
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-8 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-9 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Pushback and taxi to runway 05.
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-10 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-11 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Runway 12/30. Smaller aircraft mainly use this runway.
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-12 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Old control tower.
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-13 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-14 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-15 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Take off was from runway 05. It was quite turbulent during take off. However it did smooth out at altitude.
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-16 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-17 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-18 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-19 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-20 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-21 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-22 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-23 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-24 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-25 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-26 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-27 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Since this aircraft is one of the first 737-800s that was delivered to Qantas in the early 2000s it does not have the new Boeing Sky Interior or PTV screens in the back of the seats, only drop down over head screens.
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-28 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-29 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-30 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-31 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Lunch was a choice of a hot chicken and pumpkin roll or cold egg and celery panini. I had the chicken while dad the panini. Quite nice although I wished the drinks came at the same time as the chicken roll was piping hot.
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-32 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-33 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-34 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Descent started out smooth, but once in cloud, it became quite turbulent. Landing was firm. Landed on runway 01 in brisbane. Not that familiar with brisbane airport.
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-35 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-36 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-37 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-38 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-39 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-40 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-41 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-42 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-43 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-44 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-45 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-46 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-47 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-48 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-49 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-50 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-51 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-52 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-53 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-54 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-55 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-56 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-57 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-58 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-59 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-60 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-61 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
The impatient crowd trying to get out.
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-62 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Since I was willing to wait.
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-63 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Once the crowd had cleared, a quick photo of the flight deck on the way out.
Qantas737-838-VH-VXC-64 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
Baggage reclaim area looking a bit dated I think.
BNETermimal by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
BNETermimal-2 by
ryanhothersall, on Flickr
The trip out to Thargomindah and back and return flight back to Adelaide will be coming soon.